The Princes of Asturias and their daughter will spend christmas holydays in ' La Mareta', Canary Island.

It will be Monday of the week that comes, 26 of December, when it is predicted that they arrive at the Island Don Felipe, Do&#241;a Letizia and her daughter, Leonor. It will be the first displacement outside Madrid of the small Leonor, that was born the past 31 of October in the R&#250;ber Clinic the International three weeks before the predicted thing.
The visit of the Princes and its daughter are strictly private, reason why it is considered probable little that official acts take place during the course of the visit.
The residence of La Mareta, located in the tourist locality of Teguise Coast, to the border of the sea, was sent to construct by King Hussein of Jordan at the end of years 70 although the monarch never stayed itself in the house.

The Princes of Asturias and their daughter, the Infanta Leonor, will spend the Christmas vacations in the Royal residence of ' The Mareta ', in Lanzarote's island, they informed today to Efe governmental sources.
Don Felipe, dona Leticia and small Leonor, in which it will be her first trip out of Madrid, they have foreseen next Monday, the 26th comes to the Canary island, where they will remain until January 1, according to the mentioned sources.
The first-born one of the Princes of Asturias, which will be baptized next January 14 in the Palace of The Operetta, with her grandparents the Kings as godfathers, was born in the dawn of October 31, three weeks before the foreseen, in the Clinical Rúber Internacional of Madrid.

The Royal visit to the island of the volcanoes has started already the preparations for the stay in Lanzarote of the Princes of Asturias and their daughter, they said sources of the safety services to EFE.
' The Mareta ' already received last November the Kings during the visit that they realized to Lanzarote's islands, Great Canary and Tenerife, which colophon was a concert in honoring to the King in the anniversary XXX of the arrival to the Throne.
Used previously as place of rest for the Spanish Royal Family and numerous international personalities, ' The Mareta ' is placed to the shore of the sea, in the tourist locality of Coast Teguise, belonging to Teguise's municipality, to the North-East of the most oriental island of the Canaries.

Ordered to construct for the King Hussein of Jordan at the end of the 70s, the Hashemite monarch never lodged at ' The Mareta ', in spite of his frequent stays at the island, but there was one of his children the only member of the royal Jordanian family who used the residence to enjoy his honeymoon.
Hussein of Jordan yielded the residence to his friend the King Juan Carlos and the building passed to form a part of the National wealth at the end of the eighties.

i wonder whether they'll meet Princes Alexia of Greece & Carlos Morales, with their 3 adorable children...
will we get a chance to see pictures of them arriving, like when they arrive in palacio de marivent in palma de mallorca during summer or their visit there?

Princes of Asturias and Doña Leonor will spend the vacations in Lanzarote

The Princes de Asturias and its daughter, Infant Leonor, will spend the vacations navideñas in the Real residence of "the Mareta", in the island of Lanzarote, informed governmental sources today. Don Felipe, Doña Leticia and the small Leonor, in which it will be his first trip outside Madrid, has predicted to arrive the next Monday day 26 to the canary island, where they will remain until the 1 of January, according to the mentioned sources.

The first-born of Princes de Asturias, that will be baptized next the 14 of January in the Palace of the Zarzuela, with its grandparents the Kings like padrinos, was born at dawn of the 31 of October, three weeks before the anticipated thing, in the Clinical Madrilenian Rúber the International. The Real visit to the island of volcanos has started up already the preparations for the stay in Lanzarote of Princes de Asturias and their daughter, said sources of the services of security.

"La Mareta" already welcomed the past month of November in the Kings during the visit who made to the islands of Lanzarote, Great Canaria and Tenerife, whose colofón went a concert in tribute to the King in XXX the anniversary of the arrival to the Throne. Used previously as place of rest by the Spanish Royal Family and numerous international personalities,

"La Mareta" is located to the border of the sea, in the tourist locality of Teguise Coast, pertaining to the municipality of Teguise, the northeast of the most Eastern island of the Canary Islands. Commanded to construct by King Hussein of Jordan at the end of years 70, the hachemita monarch never stayed itself in "La Mareta", in spite of his frequent stays in the island, but that was the one of its children only member of the Jordanian Royal Family who used the residence to enjoy her honeymoon. Hussein of Jordan yielded the residence to its friend King Juan Carlos and the building happened to comprise of the National Patrimony at the end of the Eighties. "La Mareta" must its name to the place in which it was constructed; there a "mareta" existed, a species of rain tank without putting a roof on or deposit excavated in the ground that served to gather the rainwater as the zone and to give to drink the animals that pastaban in the place.

The building, whose design was work of the artist lanzaroteño Caesar Manrique, has all the services necessary to guarantee the total benefit of those who occupies it. The tempered climate of Lanzarote has caused that the Royal Family has gone frequently to the island and that, in addition, has offered the residence to several international agent chief executives as rest place. This real residence has welcomed in illustrious foreign guests of the Kings, like Mijail Gorbachov, Vaclav Havel, Helmut Kohl or Gerhard Schoreder, and in her the president of the Government, Jose spent the last vacations of summer Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and his family.

Indeed in "La Mareta", the 2 of January of 1999 suddenly passed away the mother of Don Juan Carlos, Doña Maria of the Mercedes, during christmas holiday that reunited all the Royal Family in Lanzarote.

The princes of Asturias and their daughter, the infanta Leonor, will dismiss the year in the Mareta, the residence that possesses the royal family in Lanzarote, as have reported governmental sources. Don Felipe, dona Letizia and small Leonor, in which it will be her first trip out of Madrid, they have foreseen Monday, the 26th comes, to the Canary island, where they will remain until January 1, according to the mentioned sources. Besides, it is very probable that the Kings also travel to Lanzarote to pass together with the Princes and the infanta Leonor the night of end of year.
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«Some preparations in the gardens of La Mareta have already been made yesterday, as it usually happens before the arrival of illustrious guests. The Royal Family has already chosen La Mareta to spend the Christmas of 1998 and it was also in this residence that mother of Don Juan Carlos, Doña Maria de las Mercedes, passed away on January 2th, 1999».

The institutions of Lanzarote have accepted with resignation that the visit of Princes de Asturias has a strictly private character. But a group of children thinks that Their Heights will visit them in their school, a free interpretation of the letter that to Don Felipe and Doña Letizia sent announcing their arrival.
The past month of November the students of the Public School of Yaiza received an official photography of Don Felipe and Doña Leticia with a message where review that "in a moment will visit Lanzarote". The missive one was the answer to a congratulation that this educative community lanzaroteña sent to Princes de Asturias by the birth of infant Leonor.

Their Heights and the small infanta arrive today at the Island where they will remain by space of six days, being predicted that they return to Madrid next the 30 of December. The baby will turn his second month of life between the islanders, being this one his first trip. For that reason, the institutions and associations of Lanzarote prepare presents for insignes so guests, although all the administrations have been very cautious alleging that "it is necessary to respect his desire of privacy". In any case, some city councils will make arrive gifts at the Mareta and the industralists thank for the real visit enormously.

Princes de Asturias and their daughter, Infant Leonor, arrived towards the 13,35 hours today at the airport of Lanzarote, island in which in the Real residence they will spend the vacations. Don Felipe, Doña Letizia and the small Leonor, who arrived at Lanzarote in a regular scheduled airplane of Spanair have made this way their first trip outside Madrid.

The Prince drived the vehicle with that they were transferred to the Real residence of ' the Maretá, that already welcomed in November of this year in the Kings during the visit which they made to the islands of Lanzarote, Great Canaria and Tenerife, and that finalized with a concert in tribute to the King in XXX the anniversary of the arrival to the Throne.

The Princes and Infanta Leonor are in Lanzarote. This Tuesday is predicted that they put before means.

The stay in Lanzarote of the future monarchs of Spain will be watched over a reduced number of security agents of the Real House, unlike which it happened to the visit of the Kings to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of his ascent to the throne.
For this Tuesday, Princes de Asturias and the Infant have predicted to put before mass media. A good opportunity to return to see close by to the small Leonor.

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, his wife Letizia Ortiz and their daughter Leonor pose for photographers at La Mareta Royal Residence on Tuesday 27 December 2005 at the Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, southwestern Spain. The family is on Christmas holidays until 01 January 2006.